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Tomorrow's flight Water 727 Usage NAS Norfolk, Va. 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 29 Guantanamo Bay 11:35 a.m. 1:20 p.m. Usable stogyage: 13.77 MIL - 98% NAS Norfolk, Va. 4:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m. McGuire, AFB 6:50 p.m. Goal: 1.0 MIL Consumption: 1.20 ML See page 3 GuantanamoDaily Gazette Vol. 46 -- No. 109 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Wednesday, May 30, 1990 Fuel trailer slides off Gitmo ferry into the bay Guantanamo Bay - A leased trucks on the fe rry, one on each side. procedure," said Meier. "During Saving money fuel trailer slipped offa Port Services "There w,as an insignificant rough weather, everyone must leave Ferry in four to six foot swells in the amount of le akage and that fuel their cars and go topside." bay as it made it's way from the evaporated immediately," said It's not often that weather can Windward side to Leeward Point, Meier. No ecological impact is ex- affect ferry service. The last time Monday, May 28 at noon. pected. ferries were delayed or canceled, was According to Assistant Port Ferry servi ces have continued on during Hurricane Gilbert in October Pakistan - Troops have been Services Officer Chief Warrant Offi- schedule working around the ongo- 1988. called in to a troubled province in cer Bernard Meier, as the ferry ap- ing salvage o operations. Meier said "You always have toconsiderthe Pakistan, where ethnic violence proached the Leeward side, it took a salvage of the' tractor and fuel trailer weather as a factor when running the has left more than 250 people 20 degree roll and the fuel trailer will be complexted today. ferries," said Meier. "But we make dead in the past two weeks. Police went over the side into the bay. "There wo n't be any impact on every effort to keep them going." blame the fighting on a political "The tractor is still attached to the ferries or recreational boating The aging ferry that carded the movement seeking recognition as a the trailer," said Meier. There are no separate nationality. and diving," siaid Meier. fuel tanker was pus into service in injuries and the incident is presently One reasonn no one was hurt is 1967. Four ferries service Guantan- Bagdad - The Arab league under investigation. that ferry rid ers were sitting on amo Bay with two ferries running meeting in Bagdad will not send a The fuel truck carried 6,944 gal- benches at thetatop of the ferry. every hour on the half hour, Tuesday letter on the Middle East conflict to lons of JP-4 fuel. There were two fuel "It's part four heavy weather and Friday flight days. the Washington superpower Millie Alford looks through cou- summit They reportedly dropped Superpower summit meeting slated for today in nation's capital pons in Gitmo's Coupon Ex- the idea after moderate leaders AP - Washington is awaiting Meanwhile, U.S. and Soviet The arms negotiators have made change Box, located at the Base failed to persuade hard-liners to Library. Any Gitmoite can pick up the appearance of Mikhail Gor- negotiators are fine-tuning agree- some progress. They've tone down criticism of the U.S. agreed on or drop off coupons. There is no bachev. The Soviet president is ments to be announced during the some provisions for reducing nu- limit. The library is open Monday through Lebanon - A Shiite Moslem scheduled to arrive in the nation's summit. But one of those pacts-a clear arsenals and conventional Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; or Sun- leader in Lebanon capital tonight for the superpower trade agreement-may never reach forces in Europe. But officials say says it's time for day, noon to 6 p.m. For informa- summit. Gorbachev's got some the a goodwill gesture from the U.S. summit table. Administration some long-range nuclear weapons tion on the Coupon Exchange following last month's release of things to wrap up in Canada. He'll officials say President Bush is un- issues are still unresolved. So, those Box, contact Peggy Palmer, two American hostages. Without it, participate in a wreath-laying cere- happy with the Soviet reaction to issues may be excluded from a Friends of the Library volunteer, at 4541. "People Hussein Musawi says efforts to free mony at the Canadian War Memo- Lithuania's independence drive and summit announcement declaring tell me they've the six remaining American saved 10 percent on food bills by rial in Ottawa, before meeting with with Moscow's failure to enact free progress toward a major reduction captives will be "frozen." using coupons," said Palmer. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. emigration legislation. in nuclear .orces. South Africa - African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela Rolling and reggae with Raleigh, inside Ocho Rios, Jamaica will remain in a hospital for two or Guantanamo Bay--This is the Luck is with us. It's off season about 15 cents per Jamaican dollar. to three more days. He underwent minor hour drive to Port Antonio second of a four part series on the and the new docks built forcommer- surgery Monday after going into a Hotels, even in off-season, can and pay $80 per night double. How- Rest and Recreation cruise of Guan- cial cruise ships welcome South African Medical Clinic on Raleigh. be expensive. It pays to shop around. ever, that five hour drive seems Sunday. tanamo Bay residents. That cruise Entering the harbor, we get clearance Most stay at Mallard's Beach Hotel awfully long for a weekend jaunt. tookGitmoites to Ocho Rios onboard to tie up to the dock behind USS with rates of about $90 U.S. per There are wonderful activities to USS RALEIGH. Part 1 appeared Radford, just completing its R&R person, per night. Others find deals partake in, along with the numerous yesterday and detailed the trip to visit. It's a tricky starboard docking at the Inn on the Beach for $68 craft shopping bazaars. Guided tours Jamaica. maneuver, with the wind blowing us double occupancy per night, or at the are not that expensive and usually away from the dock and the narrow Old Pub Complex, five minutes up include complete overviews of the USA An overcast sky shades the channel begging us to flounder. But, the road, for $50 double occupancy area. bright sun as Raleigh presses on to the ship, captain and crew role with breakfast. Bargain prices are For just $18 you can geta guided News Jamaica. Suddenly, what once ap- played this game many times before available to those who look around. peared as a dark cloud on the horizon and made the evolution seem rou- Someventured off onatwo and ahalf Please see RALEIGH, page 3 now comes into focus. It's the out- tine. South - Primary Day is over in line of Jamaica's hills draped with With suitcases, knapsacks, bags, Arkansas. Democratic Governor clouds. Land ahead. We watch with cameras, golf clubs and all manner of Bill Clinton will face businessman anticipation as the distance to Ocho paraphernalia, the exuberant party Sheffield Nelson in November. Rios grows shorter with each turn of debarks for a holiday weekend. Nelson won a close and bitter the ship's screw. Some of the group journey to dis- Republican battle against Now mountains with overgrown tance hotels and resorts, a bus or taxi Congressman Tommy Robinson. rain forests, straight and tall hotels, ride away. The majority opt to stay in Mississippi - At least one worker and white sandy beaches come into town at the resort complex. That was killed yesterday, and four view as Raleigh rolls onward. Yes, complex includes the Americana, the others were critically injured. When we're closing on ourtarget, the resort Mallard, Inn on the Beach and sev- an explosion and fire tore through a town of Ocho Rios. eral other beach front facilities. The natural gas well in southeastern A member of the British Com- hotel beaches are directly across Mississippi. About 145 people have monwealth of Nations since auton- from the cruise ship pier, and about a been ordered out of a two-mile area omy in 1953, Jamaica has more than ten minute casual walk from the around the well, due to fears that 2.5 million people. Their island is dock. Everything in Ocho poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas Rios is slightly smaller than the might be present. State of within walking distance but, taxi Connecticut. It is an island made up service is cheap. The usual fare for Los Angeles - Fire officials say a of a plateau and the volcanic Blue groups is $2 Jamaican per person. At Catching the cool cascading waters of Dunns River Fails in Ocho surgical device used to seal blood Mountains. the current exchange rate that's just Rios, Jamaica are Candy Cassaday, (left) and Lisa Sellers. vessels could be to blame for a deadly hospital fire in Los Angeles. Twenty-six year old Angela Protecting wildlife is part of national defense, even in Gitmo Hemandez was killed when the country worth defending."' near this base are favorite nesting rookery, beaches teeming with clams sheets covering her caught fire in By EVELYN HARRIS and White was the former Air Force sites the operating room early Monday. for sea turtles. "These turtles and nesting eagles. JOSN LISA M. ENLOE chief of staff who established a serv- A fire department inspector says the include the green sea turtle, which is The undeveloped land required tool used to stop bleeding could ice conservation award program that very rare," Ramsey said.